Hong Kong: Occupy Cenral Part 1

Filmmakers: James Leong and Lynn Lee

A coalition of pro-democracy reformers want Hong Kong's next chief executive to be directly elected in 2017. The Chinese government insists that the leader must be chosen from a pre-approved list.

Over the summer and autumn of 2014, as this increasingly divisive debate brought thousands of Hong-Kongers onto the street, People & Power went behind-the-scenes with activists as they embarked on an unprecedented display of civil disobedience and tried to convince Beijing to make concessions.